Compounding equipment and chemicals, where to buy?

[ark8012]

Hi all,

I am thinking to open my own compounding pharmacy, and trying to decide the wholesaler for compounding equipment and chemicals.
I talked with PCCA and Medisca so far, then came up with questions.
PCCA is asking a big money for their membership and maintenance fee while Medisca told me they have a free membership.
Is it worth to pay the membership fee to PCCA comparing to a free membership from Medisca? Are chemicals/equipment prices for PCCA member significantly cheaper than Medisca prices?
I am asking because many compounding pharmacies are still using PCCA even with the membership fee.

PS. Do we have other suppliers other than these two?

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[brbi]

When you use PCCA, you get access to their recipes and beyond use dating - this is the primary reason for the fee. Some of the others, like Fagron, Medisca, and Letco, have similar offerings but they are far less comprehensive than PCCA. The biggest advantage to PCCA is that if the state board requested you to produce documentation of the beyond use dating of the product, you'd actually be able to do that by simply using the information they make available to you (as opposed to obtaining it yourself which is very costly or attempting to use subpar information provided by many other wholesalers).

As far as pricing goes, PCCA not only charges a large fee but their ingredients are far more costly. On bases, I will say they have some of the best available, some of which there really are no good alternatives. But many of the other ingredients are cheaper elsewhere, I'd recommend Fagron as some of the best pricing around.

Hope that helps.

 

[ark8012]

When you use PCCA, you get access to their recipes and beyond use dating - this is the primary reason for the fee. Some of the others, like Fagron, Medisca, and Letco, have similar offerings but they are far less comprehensive than PCCA. The biggest advantage to PCCA is that if the state board requested you to produce documentation of the beyond use dating of the product, you'd actually be able to do that by simply using the information they make available to you (as opposed to obtaining it yourself which is very costly or attempting to use subpar information provided by many other wholesalers).

As far as pricing goes, PCCA not only charges a large fee but their ingredients are far more costly. On bases, I will say they have some of the best available, some of which there really are no good alternatives. But many of the other ingredients are cheaper elsewhere, I'd recommend Fagron as some of the best pricing around.

Hope that helps.

Thank you for the information you provided. It helps me a lot.

 

[john mariner]

Hi sir as you said " you are thinking to open my own compounding pharmacy, and trying to decide the wholesaler for compounding equipment and chemicals. " I would say that you should find a reliable supplier that you can trust and can provide you with the best and correct chemicals
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[alpha12]

dont forget the trailer.

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

Hi sir as you said " you are thinking to open my own compounding pharmacy, and trying to decide the wholesaler for compounding equipment and chemicals. " I would say that you should find a reliable supplier that you can trust and can provide you with the best and correct chemicals

You forgot "kindly" and "do the necessary"

 

[Sparda29]

I thought CVS Caremark and ExpressScripts don't pay when you bill the bulk chemicals.

 

[ExpressMaiL]

Messaged you. I have used equipment for sale.

 

[Sunnystate2020]

Messaged you. I have used equipment for sale.

I’m interested in your compounding equipment. Can you message me ? Thank you so much!